Critical thinking at its best, Howard Scott,

'The human mechanism is differentiated functionally from all others in that it is the only one of the entire series capable of producing energy-consuming devices outside of its organic entity.
The history of the human race may well be stated in terms of the ability of man to consume ever-increasing amounts of extraneous (non-human) energy.
The limitation and stabilization of that rate of increase is the scientific problem of the not far distant future.' End quote Howard Scott.

Good basic information on concepts of a science based social design.